Python II: Applied Python (4 days)

Once students have mastered the basics of Python, it's time to move on to applying Python to daily programming needs. This course picks up where Python I left off, covering some topics in more detail, and adding new ones. For instance, regular expressions and classes are covered extensively, with network programming (e.g. FTP, Web client and server), graphical programming, database access, and other areas of general need.

This course may be taught in either 4 or 5 days. In the 5 day version, the 5th day is devoted to more advanced work. The entire day is spent on the last chapter, "Putting Python to Work", which contains more in-depth exercises than the end-of-chapter labs. We also encourage students to bring in their own, real-life tasks for this portion of the course, so they can work on them in with the instructor as coach, mentor, and "second pair of eyes".

Students should be able to write simple Python scripts, using basic data types, program structures, and the standard Python library. Our Python I class provides this necessary background.

As with all our programming classes, Python II has a generous complement of exercises that allow the student to immediately practice new concepts.

Students will write numerous real-world Python scripts which manipulate real-world data. exercises will increase in complexity as more sophisticated techniques are introduced.